Ben Folds & Violent Femmes at Mohegan Sun Arena

Ben Folds is an American singer-songwriter and record producer, known for being the frontman and pianist of Ben Folds Five, as well as for his solo career and collaborations with artists including William Shatner, Regina Spektor, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Nick Hornby, Neil Gaiman and more. Ben Folds Five formed in 1995 and performed together until 2000, when the group disbanded, before reforming again in 2011. To date, Folds has released three albums and three EPs as a solo artist, and four studio albums and one live album with Ben Folds Five. Folds produced Amanda Palmer's debut album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer (2008), and was a judge on the NBC a cappella singing contest The Sing-Off from 2009 – 2013. In 2017, Folds wrote the soundtrack for the Netflix original film Handsome. He currently works as Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.